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6 volumetric measures from the mens ponderia in Pompeii, a municipal institution for the control of weights and measures (79 A. D.). A unit of volume is a unit of measurement for measuring volume or capacity, the extent of an object or space in three dimensions.
Some SI units of volume to scale and approximate corresponding mass of water. To ease calculations, a unit of volume is equal to the volume occupied by a unit cube (with a side length of one). Because the volume occupies three dimensions, if the metre (m) is chosen as a unit of length, the corresponding unit of volume is the cubic metre (m 3).
A cubic yard (symbol yd 3) [1] is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 meters) in length.
A Cuo (Chinese: 撮; pinyin: cuō) in China or sai in Japan is a unit of volume measurement. [1] One cuo equals 1⁄1000 sheng. It is 1 mL (millilitres) in China [2] and 1.804 mL in Japan. [3] The word cuo (撮) means (a) to pick up (e.g., salt) using one's fingertips, or (b) the small amount of something that can be picked up in this way. [1]
It is the volume of a cube with each of its three dimensions (length, width, and height) being one inch long which is equivalent to 1/231 of a US gallon. [ 1 ] The cubic inch and the cubic foot are used as units of volume in the United States , although the common SI units of volume, the liter , milliliter , and cubic meter , are also used ...
The gallon is a unit of volume in British imperial units and United States customary units. Three different versions are in current use: Three different versions are in current use: the imperial gallon (imp gal), defined as 4.546 09 litres , which is or was used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and some Caribbean ...
The quart (symbol: qt) [1] is a unit of volume equal to a quarter of a gallon. Three kinds of quarts are currently used: the liquid quart and dry quart of the US customary system and the imperial quart of the British imperial system. All are roughly equal to one liter. It is divided into two pints or (in the US) four cups. Historically, the ...
The volume of the Melbourne Cricket Ground is 1,574,000 cubic metres, or about 630 Olympic swimming pools. [56] Its seating capacity (100,000 as of July 2019) is also used as a unit measure of the number of people. Sydney Harbour Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson) A unit of volume used in Australia for